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Monday, 31 October 2016

Happy Halloween everyone... A couple of weeks ago we covered spooky games, so that you had time to get your hands on any that you liked the sound of. With today being All Hallows Eve I wanted to do a fitting topic without repeating our Halloween chat.

So today's topic will be "Killer Games". We will chat about games that have slayed other games. What board games have left your collection because another game came in and killed them?

To keep on theme, as a side topic we will cover player elimination in games.

Hope you enjoy the terrifying board game chat :0)

Monday 31st October 2016 questions are:

Q1: How often do you cull your board game collection? What was the last game you got rid of? Q2: Do you have games in your board game collection that don't get played? Why? Q3: What tips would you give to someone who wanted to cull there game collection? Q4: What games do you feel have been "killed" (replaced) by newer games? Q5: Are there any games you feel are un-killable (irreplaceable) ? Q6: How do you feel about re-prints of games that "kill" older editions (make them seem worse)? Q7: Are there any board games about killing / murder? How do you feel about that? Q8: Side topic: How do you feel about player elimination in games? Q9: What are your favorite board games with player elimination in them? Q10: If you could remove or add player elimination to a game what would it be? Q11: What tips would you give to someone who wanting to design a game with player elimination?

Time Zones Warning!
The UK (where I am based) has left summer time now and moved back into GMT which means for a week or so the timings in the USA will be off by an hour.

Hope you can make it!

Sunday, 23 October 2016

As we enter our 4th year I would like to thank each and every one of you for taking part!
This week we chat about a topic that is close to my heart, which is growing our hobby
Hope you enjoy board game chat :0)

Monday 24th October 2016 questions are:

Q1: Do you like that our hobby is growing, what are the upsides for you?
Q2: What do you feel the down sides of our hobby growing might be?
Q3: What do you think are the biggest barriers to entry into our hobby (social, financial, rule books)?
Q4: What can be done to lower all these barriers for new people?
Q5: What role does the friendly local game store have to play in growing our hobby?
Q6: Thinking about diversity. What can be done to expand the range of people who play games? Gender, race, sexuality etc
Q7: What do you do to grow our hobby? Do you introduce new people to board games.. How?
Q8: Does game length effect your choice for what to play with new player?
Q9: What can designers do to make a game good for introducing new players?
Q10: What are your top 3 games to introduce people to board gaming?
Q11: How big a difference does theme make when playing games with someone new to gaming?
Q12: What tips would you give to someone entering our hobby?

Friday, 14 October 2016

I like to run our Halloween special a little before the event to give you time to make any purchases etc rather than hearing about something cool just to late.

Hope you enjoy the horrific board game chat :0)

Monday 17th October 2016 questions are:

Q1: What emotions / feelings are you looking for a board game to invoke at Halloween?
Q2: What tips would you give for improving atmosphere for Halloween gaming?
Q3: Which games would you recommend for younger people at Halloween?
Q4: Do you think its possible to make a truly scary board game?
Q5: What themes would you like to see used for a new Halloween style game?
Q6: Do you use sound effects to enhance your Halloween games? Where do you source them?
Q7: What games would be good for cosplaying during at Halloween?
Q8: what are your top 3 games to play at Halloween?
Q9: Which games would you recommend for introducing people to gaming at Halloween?
Q10: What advice would you give to publishers about making Halloween type games?
Q11: What advice would you give to someone running a games night for Halloween?
Q12: Do you have any good memories of Halloween board gaming?

Hope you can make it!

Sunday, 9 October 2016

This week, we are going to run a celebrity death match in a board game context. So we are going the have a week of "head to heads". Which (for you) is best and why? Let's get it on!!!!

Hope you enjoy the chat

Monday 10rd October 2016 questions are:
Q1: Head to head, what wins out of Pokemon, Magic the Gathering or Net Runner? Why?

Q2: Head to head, what wins out of Cards or Dice? Why?
Q3: Head to head, what wins Twilight Struggle or Twilight Imperium? Why?
Q4: Head to head, what wins out of Theme or mechanisms? Why?
Q5: Head to head, what wins Chess, Go or Hive? Why?
Q6: Head to head, what wins Randomness or Control? Why?
Q7: Head to head, what wins Through the Ages, 7 Wonders or Impirial Settlers? Why?
Q8: Head to head, what wins Worker placement or Bluffing games? Why?
Q9: Head to head, what wins X-Wing, Imperial Assault or Rebellion? Why?
Q10: Head to head, what wins Modular Boards or Asymmetric Powers? Why?
Q11: Head to head, what wins King of Toyko, Ra or Can't Stop? Why?
Q12: Head to head, what wins Formula D, Camel Up or Thunder Alley? Why?

Hope you can make it!

Monday, 3 October 2016

I'm getting a taste for this reviewing lark. Today i'm going to put my pants on over my trousers (sorry for this reference America) and give you my impressions of Originz - The Superpowered Card Game which is in it's final hours on Kickstarter now...

Recently when not playing board games I have been getting my teeth into strategy computer games. They are the closest thing to board gaming I can get when on my own (cause I feel they serve me better than solo playing a board game). Two I have really enjoyed lately are Rimworld and This War of Mine (soon to be a board game by the way). Both are survival games. This got me thinking about how much I like the survival theme, so I thought we could have a little chat about it.

Our side topic, is about how I can improve #BoardGameHour for you. I have had some very testing times recently and I feel that if I'm going to keep doing something in my life, that it should be as good as I can make it. I run #BoardGameHour ever week for you, so would love to hear your thoughts on it's direction.